Technology Advisory Group

Update 2: Tim Meade of IT Services just posted this update:

All services are back up and verified.
Wireless was down for 20 mins starting at 7:04.
Wired services were restored in 20 mins as well.
RoyalGuest was down til 9:00PM while a issue was resolved Cisco TAC.

Update: The Cisco upgrade is scheduled to take place between 7:00 PM –8:00 PM on 8/7/2012. Following this update, Mac access to the wired and wireless internet should be unhindered.

Dear all,

Yesterday afternoon, James Franceschelli (Director of IT Services) sent out an email (quoted below) mentioning some changes to the way faculty will be required to log on to computers in the classroom and labs. To log in, you will no longer use your my.scranton username (e.g., sepinskyj2), but will now use your Royal ID. You password will remain the same.

This change is the first in a step towards the implementation of a new software to manage and organize network credentials and authentication, called Active Directory. Active Directory was first discussed in TAG meetings in October 2010 (“More IT Forum Updates”), and more details were provided in February 2011 (“IT Update: What it Means for Faculty”). Please look at the IT Security manager’s (Tony Maszeroski’s) comment to that post for additional information as to what Active Directory means for the faculty.

As I said, this is the first step, and eventually your my.scranton login, as well as the login to your personal desktop, will all change to your royal ID. For now, unfortunately, you will have three different logins:

1. firstname.lastname for e-mail
2. lastname-initial-number for my.scranton
3. RoyalID for classrooms and labs

If you have any questions about the process, implementation, or access, please contact your techsupport@scranton.edu or your friendly TAG representative.

Original Email:

As part of our continuing efforts to make our campus more secure, we are changing the way students, staff, and faculty log into the computers in labs, classrooms, and conference rooms on campus. Beginning August 6th, you will log into these computers using your Royal ID for Username and your my.scranton Password. Office desktop and laptop computers will not change.

Questions and concerns about the login change in labs, classrooms, and conference rooms should be directed to the Technology Support Center at x4357 or techsupport@scranton.edu.